Red River Valley Potato Prospects Favor High Quality
Moorhead Minn Sept 12 The Red River Valley potato crop this year is expected to be of the best quality ever with about 15 to 20 percent less acreage than last year. Total movement anticipated near last year’s volume as buyers plan to open around Sept 15 to 20. Ohios predominate with Cobblers Triumphs Green Mountains Ruralis and other varieties shipped in carload quantities. Shipping will begin after threshing clears main grain harvest. regional tonnage likely similar to 1922 despite smaller acreage.
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Moorhead
Minn
Red River Valley
Red ‘River
Hawley
Clay County
Muchey
Iworthern Pacific Railway
Barnesville
Great Northern Railway
Glyndon
Northern Pacific
Crookston-Baynesville
Great Northern
Lake Park
Potato Crop Near Last Year Says Gov Report
The September government forecast puts the national potato crop at 412,761,000 bushels, virtually the same as last year and up about 40 million since the July estimate. Minnesota Michigan Wisconsin show notable gains, with other late states also increasing.
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GOV
Washington
DB. C
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Apple Exports See Higher Apple Barrel and Box Totals
Rochester Minnesota reports weekly apple exports for the week ending September 6 totaling 21 850 barrels and 25 142 boxes, per the International Apple Shippers Association. Year to date exports reach 48 668 barrels and 281 824 boxes, compared with 37 042 barrels and 87 516 boxes at the same point last year. Potatoes: Northern Pacific line shipped 239 cars in 1922 crop year, about the same as last year. three local shippers operate here, most sales on the track.
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Northern Pacific Railway
Apple
Rochester
International
Apple Shippers’ Association
Grapes in California See Mixed Losses and Optimism
Fresno Calif Sept 12 growers report strong prices and contracted sales yet many vineyards run short 20 to 40 percent from early estimates. Shippers face heavy losses on high price contracts as most grapes fetch low auction or private sale prices. Wet disease year dry spell and early harvest cut output, raisin shift rises, and August estimates reduced by 160000 tons. Shippers predict season totals around 30 000 cars, far below last year despite 78000 more bearing acres.
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Fresno
Calif
California
Muscata
State Bureau of Crop
Lodi
All Wet
Alicantes
Concord
New York Onion Association Bypasses U S Grades This Year
Rochester report notes New York state onion dealers have set three local grades for the season ignoring U S grades. No 1s cover onions 1.25 to 2 inches, Fancy requires at least 2 inches, and Picklers are under 1.25 inches. A 5 percent tolerance applies. U S grade No 4 minimum rises to 1.5 inches.
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Rochester
N. Y
National Onion Association
New York State
U. S
Sapiro Contract Not Binding in Canadian Courts
Vernon B C Sept 12 The Sapiro three party contracts among growers district locals and central selling agency fail to bind. Growers who signed five year agreements a year ago opted to sell through other channels prompting injunctions which courts dissolved. Cooperatives will fine backsliders 25c per unpaid fruit package, a levy stated in the contract and collected last year. Aaron Sapiro supervised the five year contracts drawing much interest across BC interior fruit districts.
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Sapiro
Vernon
B. C
B. C. Interior
Big Co- Operative
Aaron Sapiro
The Produce Packer News Offer
A weekly newspaper The Produce Packer serves shippers and distributors of eggs poultry butter hides wool furs and related trades. A free sample copy can be mailed upon request.
Onio n Crop Expected to Double Last Year’s Output
McGuffey Ohio September harvest in Scioto and Hog Creek Marshes Hardin County points to a 1922 level crop near 2,500 cars shipped, with acreage about equal to last year but yield much higher from 400 to 700 bushels per acre. Weather was favorable, some late plantings damaged, yellow globe dominates 65 to 70 percent of acreage and prices have slipped to around 1.40 per cwt. most sales small while a 40,000 bushel batch in Foraker was sold early season.
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Taft
McGuffey
Scioto
Hog Creek
Hardin County
Foraker
Texas Farm Labor Union Quits the Produce Business
Dallas report notes the Texas Farm Labor Union, formed as Producers Market Company in Dallas with $35,000 capital, closed its doors last week after a brief rise in fruit and vegetable trade and poultry lines. The premises later housed the Jobbers Supply Company.
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Dallas
Texas Farm Labor Union
Producers Market Company
Onion Crop Estimates Reach 23,460 to 24,240 Cars
Toledo reports from late onion districts show total production this year near 23,460 to 24,240 cars. New York leads with 5,500 to 6,600 cars, followed by Ohio at 3,850 to 3,900 and Indiana at 2,000 to 3,100. Michigan and others show smaller ranges.
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Toledo
New York State
Ohio
Tridiana
New York.s
Indiana
California
Massachusetts
Colorado
Michigan
Minnesota
Washington
Alinolg
Commercial Apple Crop Shows A Loss Since August Report
The September crop report from the Department of Agriculture estimates the commercial apple crop at 28,101,000 barrels, down from 29,385,000 a month earlier. Washington leads the drop with a loss of 834,000 barrels, while Oregon and several states see smaller decreases. The total farm crop is forecast at 1,738,640,000 bushels versus 1,967,700,000 last year. Washington, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Michigan, and Virginia show reductions since the prior month.
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Washington
D. C
Department of Agriculture
Oregon
New York
Pensylvania
West Virginia
Michigan
Virginia
Washington, D. C
Ohio
O -Rama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
W. Va
N. c
S.C
Ind
N. Mex
Ariz
Utah
Iowa
Nevada
Kan
Calif
Okla
Wee
Ark
Heavy Frost Hits Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota Potatoes
A severe frost on Monday night struck northern Wisconsin and extreme northern Minnesota killing potato vines and likely reducing yields. Early estimates suggest a statewide drop of five to ten percent, with some potatoes already harvested from the north showing field frost. Prices for various potato grades in the region ranged from about 1.10 to 1.90 per cwt, reflecting mixed maturity and market shifts.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Kansas
Missouri
New New Jersey
Ida
Louisville Prepares for National League Convention
Louisville, Sept. 12. Committees report progress for the thirty third annual National League of Commission Merchants convention set for January 13 to 16 in the new Brown Hotel. Expected attractions include Churchill Downs races. large attendance promised, with 260 reservations already in. Louisville’s location and recent hotel growth are cited as advantages for drawing visitors from across the region.
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Louisville
Kky
National League of Commission Merchants
New Brown Hotel
Churchill Downs
National League
Los Angeles Dealers Charged With Fraud and Arrested
Two Los Angeles men Charles Westminute and C. T. Ragel of Wholesale Terminal Produce were jailed on charges of defrauding multiple commission firms of around 20000. They allegedly used postdated checks and misrepresented firms, with five checks totaling 350 cited in complaints. Investigators from W. B. Luckenbach Detective Service aided, and more charges are expected. Firms named include American Produce, Growers Marketing, Paulson Produce, Louis Produce, Makato Produce, Zepper Brothers, among others. The men deny wrongdoing.
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Los Angeles
Charles’ Westminute
C. T. Ragel
San Julian Street
James J. Costello
Costello
Westminster
District Attorney's Office
W. B.luckenbach Detective Service
American Produce Company
Growers Marketing Company
Paulson Produce Company
Louis Produce Corporation
Makato Produce Company
T. A
Market Closed Defense Day Observed in Kansas City
On Friday September 12 Kansas City observed Defense Day with a half holiday. The market closed as stores shut and most Fruit and Produce Dealers Club members joined the parade in automobiles. Virtually every local organization participated in the observance.
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Kansas City
Fruit and Produce Dealers Club
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